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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Out Of The Box & Into Another

As I mentioned before, silence is not golden when
you are the parent of a rascally 3 year old boy.This is especially true when said child is
curious and quite ingenious.This was
the case yesterday.

Quiet/nap time was anything but.There were multiple relocations back to the
bedroom.Mind you there is a gate outside
his door and door knob covers on two adjacent doors.This is no deterrent for the little Einstein/Houdini
that lives here.Stealth is also
becoming a trait.I’m not sure where he’s
doing his training. Coronado, CA is
clear on the other side of the country. (That’s where the Navy SEALs train)

When I went to check on what I thought was a sleeping boy
I immediately sensed that things weren’t right.Some doors were closed and others opened.It took a bit to assess fully the situation
at hand.Some things weren’t discovered
until hours later.Does that give you an
idea of the magnitude I’m talking about here?

The first thing that caught my eye was a brand new box of
tissues that had been ripped open – WITHOUT A TISSUE IN SIGHT!The first thought was that somewhere a toilet
or two had been stuffed.After the
culprit had been interrogated, I was taken to the second scene.They had been put into an empty baby wipes
box.All of them.

Look closely at this feat of engineering. I couldn't close it after I inspected it. We should have him start packing the
suitcases and van for travel.Have you
ever seen so much in such a little space?His father and I had to laugh and try to figure out how to keep the
ingenuity without encouraging the destructiveness.Talk about a parenting challenge.

How do you funnel all that energy and creativity in the
right direction?I think that is a never-ending
quest.For now we just have to make sure
we are providing ample opportunity for discovery and experimentation while
teaching some common sense.Let’s hope
that’s possible.

Until next time….

Jennifer is up
to her eyeballs in school year-end stuff so today I'm linking up withBrookeat her new blog for the "One
Beautiful Thing" challenge "to see your life as the
beautiful work of art God made it to be."